Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. On December 1, World AIDS Day, we remember those we have lost, but also celebrate the remarkable progress made in the global fight against HIV/AIDS. When the first World AIDS Day was observed in 1988, we could not imagine the end of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. For[Read More…]
Month: November 2012
Angus Reid Poll: Most Canadians, Americans Support Marijuana Legalization — Expect It To Be Legal Within Ten Years
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012 by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director A majority of adults in both Canada and the United States believe that cannabis ought to be legal, according to a two-country Angus Reid Public Opinion poll of 1,005 randomly selected Canadian adults and 1,002 randomly selected American adults. In[Read More…]
2013 Scholarship Applications Available Online January 1
APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2013 CFL SCHOLARSHIP WILL BE AVAILABLE JANUARY 1, 2013 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. The Chicago Federation of Labor will again offer five (5) academic-based scholarships and five (5) random-drawing scholarships in the amount of $2,000 to students graduating from a Chicago or suburban high school in 2013. To[Read More…]
Labor Federations Call on Governor Quinn to End Attack on Bargaining Rights
Leaders of the state’s two largest labor federations stand up for members of AFSCME in their contract fight CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. Illinois AFL-CIO President Michael Carrigan and Chicago Federation of Labor President Jorge Ramirez called on Governor Pat Quinn yesterday to reverse his decision to terminate the union contract that[Read More…]
Clearest Evidence Yet of Polar Ice Losses
EU–(ENEWSPF)–30 November 2012. Watch the animation in full resolution After two decades of satellite observations, an international team of experts brought together by ESA and NASA has produced the most accurate assessment of ice losses from Antarctica and Greenland to date. This study finds that the combined rate of ice[Read More…]
Why Eastern Congo Needs a Broadened Peace Process Now: Enough Project Brief
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. Fighting between the M23 rebel movement and the Congolese military escalated last week as the rebel group seized control of Goma, a key city in eastern Congo. To address this growing violence, a broadened peace process including all parties and stakeholders must be initiated that will cease ongoing[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Durbin: Army Corps Will Expedite Process To Demolish Rock Pinnacles
WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. After a meeting with the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Jo-Ellen Darcy, U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) announced that the Army Corps of Engineers will expedite the demolition of rock pinnacles that will help keep[Read More…]
Senators Kirk, Menendez, Lieberman Call for Additional Sanctions on Iran
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. Building on current U.S. sanctions they authored to keep Iran from developing nuclear weapons capacity, U.S. Senators Mark Kirk (R-IL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) yesterday called for additional sanctions against the Iranian regime as part of the Senate’s defense authorization bill. “According to[Read More…]
5 Ways the Defense of Marriage Act Harms Same-Sex Couples and Their Children
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 30, 2012. The U.S. Supreme Court will meet today to decide whether they will grant or deny review to a set of cases that challenge the so-called Defense of Marriage Act. Should the Court oblige, the hearing would pose the most serious challenge to the law’s constitutionality since[Read More…]
Human Rights, Religious, Civil Liberties and Immigration Rights Groups Oppose the Feinstein Amendment of NDAA
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 29, 2012. A coalition of human rights, religious, civil liberties and immigration rights groups voiced their opposition to Amendment 3018 of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in a letter sent today to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-California). The Feinstein amendment fails to address a central concern raised in the[Read More…]
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